Scopul fiecărui creștin născut din nou este de a crește până la maturitatea spirituală în ființa lui Dumnezeu și de a merge ca un fiu matur al lui Dumnezeu pe pământ. Dar când ești matur spiritual? What does the Bible say about spiritual maturity?
Does the amount of Bible knowledge prove you are spiritually mature?
Există creștini, who have a lot of Bible knowledge and can quote almost every Scripture. in orice caz, you can’t measure whether someone is born again and/or spiritually mature by the amount of Bible knowledge.
Look at the Scribes and Pharisees in the time of Jesus. They were familiar with the Scriptures, but despite their head knowledge, many of them didn’t know God.
Although they kept the laws and precepts of God in the presence of others and acted piously, many of them didn’t live according to the will of God. Nu, their head knowledge only puffed them up and made them prideful, causing them to exalt themselves above the rest of the people and allowing the people to worship them. (Citeste si: What are the similarities between the leader of God’s people then and now?).
Prin urmare, someone may have a lot of Bible knowledge, but that doesn’t prove that the person is spiritually mature. It doesn’t prove that the person is born again and that the person knows Jesus Christ, cuvantul, personally and that the heart of the person belongs to God.
Because if the person lives the same life as the world and does the same works and bears the same fruit of the flesh, then the fruits testify that the person is not spiritually mature, but that the person is unspiritual and that the flesh is still alive.
Do signs and wonders prove you are spiritually mature?
Signs and wonders are also not indicators that you are spiritually mature. Jesus warns us that before venirea lui, many false Christs and false prophets shall arise and do great signs and wonders.
These signs and wonders shall be so great, impressive, and seductive and look like they are coming from God, acea, dacă este posibil, they even could seduce the true sons of God. (Citeste si: ‘How do you recognize false prophets?‘)
Nu oricine mi -a spus, Lord, Lord, va intra în Împărăția Cerurilor; ci cel ce face voia Tatălui Meu care este în ceruri. Mulți Îmi vor spune în ziua aceea, Lord, Lord, nu am proorocit noi în numele Tău? and in Thy name have cast out devils and in Thy name done many wonderful works? Și atunci le voi mărturisi, Nu te-am cunoscut niciodată: pleacă de la Mine, voi care lucrați fărădelege (Matei 7:21-23)
Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, aici este Hristos; sau, uite, he is there; believe him not: Căci vor învia hristoși mincinoși și profeți mincinoși, și va face semne și minuni, a seduce, Dacă ar fi posibil, chiar și aleșii. Dar ai grijă: Iată, Ți-am prezis toate lucrurile (marcă 13:21-23, Matei 24:24)
We live in an age where many Christians only focus on signs and wonders and are led by supernatural manifestations, semne, si minuni.
As soon as a preacher arises, who performs great signs and wonders and speaks about his or her revelations and supernatural experiences, many Christians run as sheep without a shepherd to the preacher and are impressed by the preacher
Many Christians don’t examine the doctrine with the Word of God
They don’t examine the doctrine with the Word of God and don’t look at how the preacher lives and the works (s)el face.
Nu, they only look at the supernatural manifestations, semne, and wonders that are done by the preacher, who many times considers Christians as merchandise and enrich himself or herself through the ignorance of carnal Christians, who don’t know the Word of God because they don’t read and study the Bible themselves, but have built their faith upon the words of people.
in orice caz, signs and wonders are not part of the fruit of the Spirit. They don’t prove that someone is spiritually mature.
The signs and wonders, care derivă din regatul întunericului
Dimpotrivă, when we look at the world, many supernatural manifestations and signs and wonders take place. Look at occultists and look at reconnective healing, whereby people learn techniques to heal mental and physical illnesses through an energy that everyone has access to. Many people are indeed (Temporar) Vindecat. But these healings are not done in the Numele lui Isus Hristos and the power of the Holy Spirit and from the Kingdom of God, but from the kingdom of darkness. (Citeste si: ‘Trebuie să fii născut din nou pentru a merge în supranatural?’).
And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Chiar și el, a cărui venire este după funcționarea lui Satana cu toată puterea și semnele și minuni mincinoase (2 Tesaloniceni 2:8-9)
The more power the devil gets in- and through the sinful lives of people, the greater the occult power on earth. From this occult power, many great signs and wonders are done. (Citeste si: ‘Puterea diavolului este alimentată de păcat‘, ‘Biserica ocultă‘, și ‘Noua era în biserică?‘).
The signs and wonders should follow you and not the other way around. You should not undertake all kinds of carnal steps and follow methods and apply techniques to do signs and wonder, because if you enter the spiritual realm from your soul (carne) and use soul power, then you enter the territory of the devil unprotected and open yourself for occult powers that will manifest in your life.
When are you spiritually mature according to the Bible?
You are spiritually mature if you stand perfect and complete in all the will of God and do the will of God.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil (Evrei 5:13-14)
Acum, Dumnezeul păcii, care l-a adus din morți pe Domnul nostru Isus, that great shepherd of the sheep, prin sângele legământului veşnic, Te face perfect în fiecare lucrare bună pentru a face voia Lui, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, prin Isus Hristos; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amin (Evrei 13:20-21)
Epafras, cine este unul dintre voi, un slujitor al lui Hristos, te saluta, lucrând mereu cu ardoare pentru tine în rugăciuni, ca să rămâneţi desăvârşiţi şi desăvârşiţi în toată voia lui Dumnezeu (Coloseni 4:12)
Și lumea trece, și pofta acesteia: dar cel ce face voia lui Dumnezeu rămâne în veac (1 Ioan 2:17)
A mature son of God is no longer a child, aruncat încoace și încolo, și purtat cu orice vânt de doctrină, prin delectarea oamenilor, și viclenie, prin care stau la pândă pentru a înșela, but knows the truth and the will of God, prin Cuvânt, and discerns good and evil and walks after the Spirit in the will of God.
“Whosoever shall do the will of God, la fel este fratele Meu, si sora mea, si mama”
And Jesus answered them, zicală, Cine este mama Mea, or My brethren? And He looked round about on them which sat about Him, si a zis, Behold My mother and My brethren! Pentru oricine va face voia lui Dumnezeu, la fel este fratele Meu, si sora mea, si mama (marcă 3:33-35)
As soon as someone becomes born again and becomes a new creation, the person receives a new heart, wherein the law of God (legea Duhului), care reprezintă voia lui Dumnezeu, is written (Ieremia 31:31-34, Evrei 8:10).
de aceea te implor, fraţi, prin îndurările lui Dumnezeu, ca să aduceți trupurile voastre o jertfă vie, sfânt, acceptabil lui Dumnezeu, care este serviciul dumneavoastră rezonabil. Și să nu fii conform cu această lume: dar fiți transformați prin înnoirea minții voastre, ca să puteți dovedi ce este acela bun, și acceptabil, si perfect, voia lui Dumnezeu (romani 12:1-2)
Prin reînnoirea minții cu cuvântul, the person’s mind shall also get to know the will of God.
Ca urmare,, the mind of the person aligns with the will of God.
By walking after the Spirit according to the Word, persoana trebuie Lăsați-l pe bătrân și Îmbrăcați-vă cu omul nou, who is created after God in righteousness and true holiness and shall grow up and spiritually mature and live after the will of God, whereby the person shall do what pleases God
A spiritually mature son of God is faithful to God and His Word and walks in His will
Persoana nu trebuie habitually live in sin and sin willfully and not allow and approve sin. The person shall never compromise with the world and pagan religions and philosophies.
Nu, a spiritually mature son of God (Atât bărbații, cât și femeile) shall never commit spiritual fornication with the world, but shall remain faithful to God and His Word, whatever it cost. De ce? Because the son is born of God and loves his Father and shall not do anything that hurts Him.
A spiritually mature son of God loves his Father and shall obey and speak His words and the words of Jesus, who spoke the words of the Father, and shall do what He has commanded to do and live after His will and bear the fruit of the Spirit, la fel ca Isus.
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